Quintin Jardine's blog

Around a year ago now, I was at lunch in London with a group of publishers, when the guy sat next to me took me by surprise, by saying, ‘Tell me a bit about yourself. Whose music do you like?’

I gave it a couple of seconds thought and replied, ‘Springsteen, Van Morrison, REM, The Drive-By Truckers . . .’ That was as far as I got because the questioner stared at me and exclaimed, ‘You know about The Drive By Truckers?’ I knew full well that what he really meant was ‘How the **** does a bloke your age know about the Drive-By Truckers?’ but I let him off light since lunch was going on his card, smiled as if I was humouring him, which I was, and said, ‘Of course I do.’

Well James, if you come across this and you don’t know about it, the Truckers have a new album out. It’s called ‘Go-Go Boots’, I’m listening to it right now, and it’s monster.